The latest articles on DEV Community by Evancodes (@evan1115). https://dev.to/evan1115 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1051983%2F7a5ee808-5b18-41d5-849f-b38f87337a89.JPG https://dev.to/evan1115 en Evancodes Tue, 04 Jul 2023 15:12:25 +0000 https://dev.to/evan1115/cypress-installation-self-signed-certificate-proxy-issue-9o https://dev.to/evan1115/cypress-installation-self-signed-certificate-proxy-issue-9o <p>Recently when I was trying to install Cypress for my project, it was failed due to self-signed certificate or proxy issue as below:</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Foj5rnscthpzvc5q8yypl.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Foj5rnscthpzvc5q8yypl.png" alt="Error while installing Cypress"></a></p> <p>I've tried to set the <strong>NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS</strong> to point to my certificate in local as environment variable but it's still not working. </p> <p>After digging around the documentation, I found a way to solve this problem as below:-</p> <p>1.Download the cypress zip file for the version you want to install from the official cypress website<br> <a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fx8b41t76u8bam6nw0mx3.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fx8b41t76u8bam6nw0mx3.png" alt="Download Cypress zip file from Official Cypress Website"></a></p> <p>2.Set the <strong>CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY</strong> to the cypress zip location that you've downloaded at .npmrc or you can use npm set command to set the variable.</p> <ul> <li>Set CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY in .npmrc ``` </li> </ul> <p>CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=/path/to/cypress.zip</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> - Set CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY using npm </code></pre> </div> <p>npm config set CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY /path/to/cypress.zip</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> 3.Use **npm install** command to install the cypress.Then it will install the downloaded cypress zip instead of downloading from the source. - Install cypress with npm </code></pre> </div> <p>npm install --save-dev cypress</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> Thank you and see you next time :) </code></pre> </div> webdev cypress testing